OTTLIV, the technology transfer arm of one of the world’s leading public health establishments, AP-HP (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), will hold its ninth APinnov annual conference on July 2, 2012 at the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paris.
 
AP-HP brings together 37 Paris hospitals, including university and teaching establishments and enjoys close associations with world-famous bodies such as Inserm, the CNRS, the Institut Curie, the Institut Gustav Roussy, the Institut Pasteur and France’s nuclear energy agency (CEA).
 
The APinnov annual business convention aims to showcase AP-HP-originated innovations and to encourage the transfer of medical technology so as to maintain continued improvements in the quality of hospital care.
 
OTTLIV (Office of Technology Transfer, Licensing and Industrial Ventures), a small team of professionals, has turned APinnov into an unmissable event in the innovation calendar. It brings together all key players in the public and private sectors involved in technology transfer benefiting patients from financing, developing or protecting innovation.
 
Innovators with projects to develop and finance can meet potential partners from industry, small and medium medical companies, organizations that provide assistance and investors. This year some 39 projects will be presented.
 
This year, OTTLIV will announce the winners of its first “APinnov Innovation Trophies” awarded in partnership with CDC Entreprises, an arm of the French government’s Caisse des Depots, investing in more than 3,000 small and medium companies in France and INPI, France’s intellectual property and patent office. These will reward one outstandingly innovative patent and one start-up from AP-HP.
 
In the category “Outstanding Patent 2012”, OTTLIV selected a shortlist of ten patents out of the 115 candidates from AP-HP patents registered between 2009-11.
 
In the category “Start-up of the year 2012”, OTTLIV chose ten out of 45 companies spun out of AP-HP and created between 2009-12. Factors taken into account include scientific merit, the business model proposed and development potential.
 
From these initial selections, three patents and three start-ups have been nominated for the awards. A winner will be announced during the event.
 
As well as the awards ceremony, APinnov will also be holding round tables on subjects of current interest in the industry, such as future investments, how to source innovative projects and the development of projects in the university hospital environment.
 
Conference delegates will also have opportunities to meet and set up personalized meetings with OTTLIV partners at the APinnov Village. These include CDC Entreprises, INPI, Institut de la Vision, Biocitech, Medicen, Novagraaf, Cabinet Ores, Agoranov, Centre d’Entrepreneuriat et d’Innovation from HEC Paris, Paris Biotech Sante, Genopole, Campus Cancer and Communaute d’Agglomeration Plaine Centrale du Val-de-Marne.
 
“This ninth edition of APinnov really demonstrates the hospital innovation potential of AP-HP – and especially how it can be developed into viable and sustainable business projects,” said Florence Ghrenassia, director of OTTLIV. “AP-HP was one of the first to lead the way in transferring technology from university hospitals. OTTLIV and its APinnov conference are the catalyst for innovative projects and support for technology transfer.”
 
“AP-HP is in the top 50 French organizations applying for international patents for the second year running,” said Mireille Faugere, managing director of AP-HP. “Making the most of the innovations developed by our teams and assisting with the implementation of their projects remain major challenges for AP-HP. In this regard, we signed a three-year cooperation convention earlier this year with CDC Entreprises in order to facilitate access to finance for companies spun out of AP-HP.”
 
Last year’s APinnov successfully brought together 375 delegates, including 98 from industry and 94 from bodies that support innovation including investors, incubators and other sources of finance. At least 95 business meetings were held.
 
Also in 2011, OTTLIV generated Euro 22.4 million in revenues – a rise of 32 per cent on 2010. It submitted 50 patent portfolios in fields including biotechnology, diagnostics, biomaterials, medical devices, medicines, genetics and cell and gene therapies. Other achievements last year included the setting up of 256 contracts covering research collaborations, partnerships, access to clinical trial results and databases. Altogether 45 start-ups have been created including four in 2011, based on innovations generated by hospital activities and medical research carried out at AP-HP or by its academic partners.
 
Further information and online press registration at http://www.apinnov.com